According to a Newsmax report, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan are investigating whether President Joe Biden engaged in “a conspiracy to obstruct” by having advanced knowledge of son Hunter’s plan to defy a congressional subpoena.
From Newsmax:
The House impeachment inquiry is now investigating whether President Joe Biden engaged in “a conspiracy to obstruct,” sending a letter to White House counsel seeking documents on Biden’s coordination with son Hunter Biden’s defying a congressional subpoena.
“In light of an official statement from the White House that President Biden was aware in advance that his son, Hunter Biden, would knowingly defy two congressional subpoenas, we are compelled to examine as part of our impeachment inquiry whether the President engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress,” the letter to White House Counsel Edward Siskel read.
House Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer, R-Ky., and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, sent the letter to investigate whether President Biden sought to influence or obstruct the committees’ proceedings by preventing, discouraging, or dissuading his son, Hunter Biden, from complying with the subpoenas for a deposition as part of the House impeachment inquiry.
Comer and Jordan wrote the following their letter:
“On December 13, Mr. Biden did not appear for the deposition as required by the Committees’ subpoenas,” the letter says. “Instead, Mr. Biden appeared on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol with his attorney and Representative Eric Swalwell. Mr. Biden gave a lengthy public statement to an assembly of reporters in which he made several statements that are relevant to the House’s impeachment inquiry, including representations about his business activities, assertions about President Biden’s awareness and ‘financial’ involvement in these activities, and attacks on the committees’ inquiry.”
The statement from the White House acknowledging President Biden’s involvement came from press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who said President Biden was “certainly familiar with what his son was going to say.”
“Ms. Jean-Pierre’s statement suggests that the president had some amount of advanced knowledge that Mr. Biden would choose to defy two congressional subpoenas,” the letter continued. “Under the relevant section of the criminal code, it is unlawful to ‘corruptly … endeavor to influence, obstruct, or impede the due and proper exercise of the power of inquiry under which any investigation or inquiry is being had by … any committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress.’
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We are compelled to examine as part of our impeachment inquiry whether President Joe Biden engaged in a conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding of Congress.
Such conduct could constitute an impeachable offense.👇 https://t.co/tWyZUv0dG5
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) December 27, 2023
